Marcel Eckardt
Marcel Eckardt (born 27 October 1989 in Gera, Thuringia) is a German snooker and pool referee.He first refereed professional players in 2010, during an exhibition tournament in Bruges, featuring Stephen Hendry and Steve Davis, amongst others.He refereed his first Players Tour Championship final at the 2012 Paul Hunter Classic,[1] and his first major ranking tournament was the 2012 German Masters.In the 2013/2014 season Eckardt, aged 23, became the youngest ever member of the referee A-squad,[4] the group of twelve referees licensed to work in the final rounds of all ranked tournaments.[8] Eckardt has been in charge of eight tournament matches that have contained maximum breaks, most notably Ronnie O'Sullivan's record 15th maximum at the 2018 English Open.